#USPolitics

[toxicanonymity]

The SAVE Act has passed the house 😓 Don't let the Senate bring it to a vote.

SAVE Act - short list of voter suppression implications. Take quick action: 5calls | resistbot

With a 53-47 majority, Senate Republicans would need Democratic support to overcome the 60-vote threshold to advance the bill to a final vote and ultimately send it to Trump to sign into law.

Ending debate and bringing a bill to a vote is called "cloture." This takes 60 votes in the Senate. Once the bill is brought to a vote, it only takes a simple majority to pass, which Republicans have. So refusing to bring the bill to a vote is our best shot.

If you live in the U.S, your state has two senators. Tell your senators to vote NO on cloture and NO on the SAVE Act. Even if they plan to vote no on the bill itself, a vote for cloture throws us under the bus and lets the SAVE Act pass.

I'm on my knees... I'm turning tricks with fics... I'm holding your hand. We're all spotting you. You got this. 🏋️‍♂️

[flamingbluepanda]

Hey, as we rapidly approach the primaries, Americans, PLEASE vote in your state and local elections!!! If we want to keep the corrupt federal government at bay, we need judges and council members and representatives at the state and local level to speak on our behalf!!! Make sure your registered, make sure you know who's running in your area, and make sure you know when your election is!! I know things are scary, but this (along with continuing to call and email and write letters to your reps) is truly the best way we can help right now. Get out and vote!!!

[ralfmaximus]

Kevin McCarthy's surprise resignation today fucks Republicans in a number of fascinating ways:

he was, by far, one of their best fund raisers, with all the best connections to powerful donors

without those connections, GOP is gonna have a hard time raising money

with George Santos gone, their House majority is down to two (2) members, which is even slimmer than the four (4) they had before

due to House rules, neither position can be filled without a special election

which will probably take place not later than mid-2024

then once somebody wins that election (probably another Republican, because McCarthy's district bleeds red) they have to get sworn in

so count on three to five months with BOTH seats unfilled

which means if you thought things suuuuucked for the Republicans in 2023, buckle up buttercup

OH and also: Margerie Taylor Green is getting shat upon today by all her MAGA pals "for driving Kevin away" because it's mostly her (and Matt Gaetz) fault he lost the leadership role. And yeah, that's fair.

[melancholicstation]

john f. kennedy feeding his daughters pony, leprechaun, at a kennedy-owned residence in virginia.

[chainmail-butch]

The problem, I think, with the average white leftist is their sincere belief that the revolution is near. They think that a couple of mutual aid groups, some petitions, and a series of toothless protests will genuinely topple the Empire.

They think that the system can be fully reformed out of capitalism and into socialism. They think that revolution can be conducted without violence. They believe that their actions are revolutionary because they are afraid. They look at the bloody road to revolution and they cover their eyes.

They still dream of houses, children, and the middle class. They have too much to lose in the revolutionary fire. You can show them injustice, oppression, and genocide and their reaction is to make some signs and call their representatives.

They honestly believe that voting democrat will make this nation and the world it dominates a better place.

They're not training militias because they're still afraid of guns. These people look at Castro, Che, Huey, Fred, Mao, or Lenin, and they laugh to themselves. They thank God that they live in enlightened times where such violence isn't necessary.

They're not studying government because they want to make a new one. They're studying government to get a career in politics.

Org after org after org steps up to the plate to declare that they have the answers. They have the actions. This time, the protest will work. This time, it won't be hot air. This time, our gains won't evaporate in a year.

Organize yourselves. Educate yourselves. Arm yourselves. Gaze at the road to revolution and make peace with it. There can be revolution in our lifetimes. We just have to decide that we want it.

Get on your local scene and look for the Panthers.

[official-misinformation]

BREAKING NEWS

Elon Musk gets rib surgically removed to try and make a wife that won't leave him "just like in the broble, which is like the bible but without the book of ruth in it and any mentions of mary magdalene are removed so sensitive men like me don't have to think about icky icky girls :(" says Musk, who managed to make a frowny face with his voice.

The rib is said to have fled country by airplane before any serious attempts were made to create Musk another wife - making this the first case of preemptive divorce. The rib has not yet been reached for comment.

[insightdaily]

Kentucky, Utah, And Ohio Senators Propose Bill To Deal Fatal Blow To Department Of Education

Three Republican senators announced Thursday that they had introduced a bill to completely dismantle the Department of Education by 2026.

Senators Rand Paul of Kentucky, Mike Lee of Utah, and Bernie Moreno of Ohio put forward the legislation, citing a commitment to decentralization and individual freedom, with the goal of providing high-quality education without federal oversight, according to a press release. If enacted, the Department of Education would be officially dissolved on December 31, 2026.

Although President Donald Trump issued an executive order on March 20 directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to oversee the department’s dismantling, full abolition would require congressional approval. The proposal has met strong opposition from Democrats, with no members of the party expressing support for the move.

[gnosticgnoob]

[thashining]

Cautionary tale

[donaldjohntrump]

I stand with trump

[flamingbluepanda]

I am seething with rage rn actually bro I will not be fucking quiet about this I saw a post complaining that Harris is too conservative bc she said she'd increase military or something I don't remember specifics but guys. Guys. What the fuck do you want? Do you want trump to win? The perfect candidate isn't going to fall out of the fucking sky, and if your upset about Harris' politics then get out there and do something about it. But right now it's her or trump and if you refuse to vote your helping trump win. I'm sorry, I'm sorry that we have to do this song and dance every four years. Vote for kamala Harris. Stop fucking complaining and call your senators and tell them to support her policies so we can get some goddamn change around here.

[creature-wizard]

Hey so reminder that if your boy suffers a head wound and rises again after everybody thinks he's done for (Revelation 13:3), and you're all treating him like he's some divine figure or something (Revelation 13:4), then your boy is the Antichrist.

[whencyclopedia]

Petticoat Affair

The Petticoat affair, also called the Eaton affair, was a political scandal that rocked Washington, D.C., from 1829 to 1831, during the early years of Andrew Jackson's presidency. Revolving around the rumored sexual promiscuity of Peggy Eaton, wife of the US secretary of war, the affair divided Jackson's cabinet and reshuffled the leadership of the fledgling Democratic Party.

Background

Shortly after winning the presidency in the election of 1828, General Andrew Jackson set about building his cabinet. Aside from Martin Van Buren – a prominent New York politician selected as secretary of state – the president's cabinet consisted of little-known figures who were chosen mostly for their loyalty to Jackson himself or because of their hatred for Henry Clay, Jackson's chief political rival. The most consequential of these appointments would prove to be John Henry Eaton as secretary of war. A former US senator from Tennessee, Eaton was a longtime Jackson loyalist who had become one of the general's few close friends. The pair had met in the Tennessee militia during the War of 1812, with Eaton having served under Jackson in the famous Battle of New Orleans (8 January 1815). In 1817, Eaton had completed the first biography of Jackson, in which he praised the general's career and defended some of his more controversial actions. Suffice to say, Eaton was someone Jackson felt he could trust – for Jackson, as a Washington outsider who wholeheartedly believed the national capital was full of corruption, this kind of trust was a rare commodity, indeed.

The new president's conclusion that Washington was corrupt had not sprung from nowhere. Despite having won the popular vote in the previous presidential election of 1824, Jackson had lost the race to John Quincy Adams, who had been able to obtain more electoral votes when the final decision was handed to the House of Representatives. A bitter Jackson attributed this to Adams' status as a Washington insider, a notion that seemed vindicated when Adams appointed Henry Clay as his secretary of state – Jackson and his followers believed that Adams and Clay had struck a 'corrupt bargain' whereby Clay was given the State Department in return for his support for Adams. Four years later, Jackson ran against Adams again in a presidential election that became vitriolic and personal. Adams' partisans had gone so far as to slander Jackson's marriage, claiming that his wife, Rachel Donelson Jackson, had not been legally divorced from her first spouse when the couple had first started living together as husband and wife. Deeply distraught by these accusations of bigamy, Rachel had died of a heart attack shortly after her husband's victory in December 1828, a loss Jackson blamed on his political opponents.

To make matters more difficult, Jackson also saw dissent from his own vice president, John C. Calhoun. While Jackson was a staunch Unionist who sought to expand the power of the presidency, Calhoun was a leading proponent of states' rights, who had recently begun to champion the right to nullification – that is, a state's ability to 'nullify' a federal law it believed to be unjust. With the economy of the South stifled by the unpopular Tariff of 1828 – known as the 'Tariff of Abominations' – and the looming question of slavery becoming more and more of a regional issue, states like Calhoun's native South Carolina were looking to fight back against the federal government through nullification, a step that many saw as a precursor to secession.

Andrew Jackson

Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl (Public Domain)

Finally, Jackson saw opposition in the form of the Second Bank of the United States, a rising institution that could perhaps rival the federal government as a center of power. With Jackson's vision of a strong presidency facing threats from all sides – 'corrupt' Washington insiders, proponents of states' rights and nullification, powerful bankers – it is easy to see why he valued loyalty in his cabinet. Little did he know, his cabinet members would soon have their loyalty tested in a scandal that would shape the development of the burgeoning Democratic Party. It would all begin with the secretary of war, John Henry Eaton – or, more specifically, with his wife.

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[melancholicstation]

[shadysubject06]

I actually won't be wasting my tolerance on the intolerant, thanks!

[official-misinformation]

BREAKING NEWS

Donal Trump found to actually be 4.5 inches tall. Team simply uses camera angles and mirrors to make him appear bigger. Melania Trump carries him around in her purse like he's some kind of Chihuahua

Donald Trump had this to say when asked: "4.5 is average! Average! Every man I know is 4.5 inches. You can ask them. We measure and compare! Only some kind of freak would be more than 4.5 inches, I say."